nymphomaniac

English

Etymology

From nymphomania +‎ -ac; by surface analysis, nympho- +‎ -maniac.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɪmfoʊ ˈmeɪniæk/

• Audio (Southern England):

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  Rhymes: -eɪniæk

Noun

nymphomaniac (plural nymphomaniacs)

1. A woman with an excessive libido.

   Synonym: nympho

   Xenia's such a nymphomaniac that she's not even satisfied with three lovers.

Translations

woman with excessive sexual desire

• Carpathian Rusyn: німфома́нка f (nimfománka)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 女性瘾者 (nǚxìngyǐnzhě), 慕男狂 (zh) (mùnánkuáng)

• Czech: nymfomanka f
• Danish: nymfoman c
• Finnish: nymfomaani (fi)
• French: nymphomane (fr) f
• Galician: ninfómana f
• German: Nymphomanin (de) f
• Greek: νυμφομανής (el) f (nymfomanís), μητρομανής (el) (mitromanís)
• Italian: ninfomane (it) f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: nymfoman m

• Polish: nimfomanka (pl) f
• Portuguese: ninfómana f (Portugal), ninfômana f (Brazil), ninfomaníaca (pt) f
• Russian: нимфома́нка (ru) f (nimfománka)
• Sicilian: ninfòmani m or f
• Spanish: ninfómana (es) f
• Swedish: nymfoman (sv) c
• Turkish: seks düşkünü kadın, erkek delisi, seks müptelası kadın, nemfoman (tr), nimfomanyak, aşırı cinsel arzu gösteren kadın

Adjective

nymphomaniac (comparative more nymphomaniac, superlative most nymphomaniac)

1. (of a woman) Having an excessive libido.

Synonyms

• nymphomaniacal

Translations

of woman: having excessive sexual desire

• Danish: nymfoman
• Dutch: nymfomaan (nl), nymfomanisch
• Finnish: nymfomaaninen
• French: nymphomane (fr)
• Galician: ninfomaníaco m, ninfomaníaca f
• German: nymphomanisch (de), nymphoman (de)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: nymfoman

  Nynorsk: nymfoman

• Portuguese: ninfomaníaco (pt) m, ninfomaníaca (pt) f
• Sicilian: ninfumanìacu m, ninfumanìaca f
• Spanish: ninfomaníaco
• Swedish: nymfoman (sv)
• Turkish: nemfomanyak

Related terms

• nymphomania

See also

• hypersexuality
• satyromaniac